Lee C. White

Lee Calvin White (1 September 1923-31 October 2013) was a White House Counsel from 17 January 1965 to 11 February 1966, serving under Lyndon B. Johnson.

Biography
Lee Calvin White was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1923, and he became an attorney for the Tennessee Valley Authority after graduating from the University of Nebraska with a law degree. From 1954 to 1957 and from 1958 to 1961, he worked as an assistant to Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA), and he served as Assistant Special Counsel to Kennedy from 1961 to 1963 and to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1963 to 1966. White was known to advise Johnson on issues relating to the Civil Rights movement, and he helped in pushing for the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. From 1966 to 1969, White was chairman of the Federal Power Commission.